Dear
colleagues,
Apologies for
cross-posting. Attached is the first bulleting and call for papers of the 2nd
International Workshop on Geotechnics of Soft Soils to be held at the University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow, Scotland, 3-5 September 2008. I
would appreciate if you could distribute it to any of your colleagues. More
information can be found in http://www.iwgss.org/. The Workshop is
organised by the EC-funded Marie Curie Research Training Network AMGISS (Advanced Modelling of Ground Improvement on
Soft Soils, see http://www.ce.strath.ac.uk/amgiss/
for details).
The AMGISS network continues the research by the
EC-funded SCMEP network (Soft Soil Modelling for Engineering Practice),
focussing on modelling ground improvement systems. The aim of the network is to
develop advanced numerical modelling techniques for analysing the coupled
hydro-mechanical behaviour of ground improvement systems on soft soils
utilising advanced constitutive modelling, physical modelling and 2D and 3D
numerical modelling techniques.
The aim of the
2nd International Workshop on Geotechnics on Soft Soils –
“Focus on Ground Improvement” is to disseminate the research done
by AMGISS to research students,
academics and practitioners, as well to get together the professional working
on geotechnical design on soft soils to discuss the current state-of-the-art in
modelling and design, with particular emphasis on ground improvement
applications. The 1st International Workshop on Geotechnics of Soft
Soils – Theory and Practice, held in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, 17-19 September 2003, was attended
by over 130 participants from industry and academia and we hope to repeat the
experience in Scotland.
Best regards,
Dr Minna Karstunen
Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
University
of Strathclyde
Department of Civil Engineering
John
Anderson Building
107 Rottenrow
Glasgow
G4 0NG
t: +44 141 548 3252
f: +44 141 553 2066
m: +44 7787 517822
